[Ham-Mac] What I don't like?

[Sergei Ludanov]

It is easy to complain about  limited availability of ham radio 
software  for Mac platform, but this is a reality that we'll have to 
face at least for now. There is a huge difference between PC ham world 
and Mac one. PC is big enough, that competition is actually works to 
it's advantage. On the other hand there is basically only two major 
developers of ham software on Mac - Don and Chris and they are both 
doing great job! Given the size of Mac market, there really is no place 
for competing software. Introduction of such software may have opposite 
effect, instead of encouraging developers, it may discourage them. I 
learned it a hard way. Even though OrbitaX was not intended as attempt 
to compete with MacDoppler Pro (and it really can't with it's limited 
functionality) it had a negative impact on distribution and further 
development of MacDoppler Pro. Yes, there is a great potential for use 
of Mac in ham radio and there are a lot of areas that software has to 
be developed for Mac to compete with PC world, but that how we should 
look at it now, compete with PC not discourage our own Mac developers. 
As for shareware prices on MultiMode or MacDoppler Pro, they are 
dictated by (again) market limitations. Instead of trying to start from 
ground zero, I think efforts should be directed towards helping (with 
suggestions, advise, ideas) to help make MultiMode the best ham radio 
communication software on any platform, as MacDoppler Pro is for 
satellite tracking. When Mac market will grow there will be space for 
competition, freeware and everything else that PC users enjoy, but this 
time has not come yet.

73 de Sergei KD6CJI